It is great to camp in North Holland, our province ranks with no less than 4 places in the top 10 of the most attractive cities to live in, according to the annual survey Atlas for municipalities by research agency Atlas Research.
The study compares the 50 largest municipalities in the country on various factors, such as employment, safety, facilities and culture. This year, extra focus was placed on the green and blue facilities. So water and nature.
Amsterdam is again number one: the capital is still the most attractive with its canals, parks, restaurants and universities. Despite the tightness in the housing market.
Big winner
More striking is the second place, which is for Amstelveen. The city also scored particularly high in the list in previous years, but remains a big winner this year as well. The city scores particularly high when it comes to greenery in the street: this puts the city in first place of all 50 municipalities. By way of comparison: Amsterdam has to make do with 35th place here.
Hilversum has to make do with a respective sixth place, followed by Haarlem, which finishes in ninth place in the top 10.
Losers
No winners without losers. There are also cities in our province that score considerably less. The lowest place in North Holland is for Hoorn, at place 36. One of the researchers informs NH that this is due to poorer accessibility, few facilities and limited educational opportunities.
Alkmaar follows in 29th place. Purmerend is in 25th place, Zaanstad has risen considerably with 7 places, from 21st to 14th place. Finally, Haarlemmermeer, which finishes in 11th place.